Has he not got more deserving things to be annoyed about???

[andrewws]

Excuse me if I am being a bit naive, but has this bloke not got more pressing issues to be annoyed about. Maybe Syria, or Greece or the sh-t our economy is in.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17138664


Just a thought....

[MartG]

Probably nagged into it by his daughter/grand-daughter

[TheHeretic]

He does, but dropping Adele into the conversation will endear him to certain mouth breathers, and also get his name in the paper.

[carmonk]

I doubt he'd heard of Adele before he was given the statement to read by his PR assistant.

(I know I hadn't)

[Streps]

Who the fk is Adele?
Just one of the thousands of female solo artists about..

Concentrate on Syria..

[glazbagun]

andrewws said:

Excuse me if I am being a bit naive, but has this bloke not got more pressing issues to be annoyed about. Maybe Syria, or Greece or the sh-t our economy is in.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17138664


Just a thought....

If you actually read the article, a Tory MP asked one of those "will you join me in congratulating... questions". Hardly his fault if an MP want's to do a bit of grandstanding.

[Jasandjules]

Rather sad that this is even considered by MPs.

[Justayellowbadge]

Given that he was asked the question in respect of British exports and the financial contribution of the music industry to the UK economy, he'd have been eviscerated if he had said that he had no idea who the vacuous trollop was and cared even less.

He is well known to be more of a Prodigy fan, anyway.

[andrewws]

glazbagun said:

andrewws said:

Excuse me if I am being a bit naive, but has this bloke not got more pressing issues to be annoyed about. Maybe Syria, or Greece or the sh-t our economy is in.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17138664


Just a thought....

If you actually read the article, a Tory MP asked one of those "will you join me in congratulating... questions". Hardly his fault if an MP want's to do a bit of grandstanding.

Having actually 'read the article' it was and still is beyond me that MP's are even getting involved with this trivia. But Hey Ho who am I to expect them to run the country, it is years since an MP did the job for the good of us all. So I suppose a bit of 'grandstanding' is to be expected, maybe one of them should 'grandstand' Syria.

[Carrot]

An article about an interruption for an acceptance I know nothing about, to a person I have never heard of, interrupted by someone I have never heard of or knows what they do for a living.

I love being ignorant to celebrity culture

[Blue Oval84]

Not many music fans on this thread then?

Seriously, if you're into contemporary music at all then odds are you will know who Adele is, she has an outstanding talent. The fact that she's so very, very popular in the States is good news for the UK because, as has already been pointed out, she is effectively a lucrative export and contributes to our economy.

Whilst I agree there are more important things than Adele to consider in the grand scheme of things I'm pleased that some people in government do have a vague idea of events in the wider country, rather than being wrapped up solely in the Eurozone etc.

[crankedup]

Agree with Blueoval84, our music industry is another important part of our export market. Looks to me that her PR department have scored another success getting the name talked about, in a positive sense, poor lass, no time for her speech.

[oyster]

andrewws said:

Excuse me if I am being a bit naive, but has this bloke not got more pressing issues to be annoyed about. Maybe Syria, or Greece or the sh-t our economy is in.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17138664


Just a thought....

Was he not simply answering a parliamentary question about music exports?

I can't see the issue.

[glazbagun]

crankedup said:

Agree with Blueoval84, our music industry is another important part of our export market. Looks to me that her PR department have scored another success getting the name talked about, in a positive sense, poor lass, no time for her speech.

Heard on the radio that British music accounted for 12% of global sales last year. That's pretty impressive given how easy it is to produce and steal music these days.